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ByJoshDubow TheAssociatedPress OAKLAND Afterspendingthe past two weeks on the sideline nursing a sore back, Golden State Warriors forward David Lee was happy for the chance to get back out and play full- court basketball — even if it was only in a scrimmage. Lee is one of the biggest ben- eficiaries of the Warriors get- ting at least a week off after sweeping New Orleans in the first round of the NBA play- offs. The extra time off gives Lee the chance to heal even more and the opportunity to find his rhythm again with the extra practice time created by the time off. The Warriors won't start the second round until Sunday at the earliest. Game 1 might be pushed back until May 5 if the Memphis-Portland series goes seven games. The Grizzlies lead 3-1. "It's good to go out there and get a rhythm again," Lee said Tuesday. "My back feels really good. It was the first time I had played full court in a while. It was important to get that rhythm back and the cardio." The Warriors held their sec- ond practice Tuesday since fin- ishing off the sweep of New Or- leans on Saturday. Coach Steve Kerr worked the players hard during a lengthy practice that included two quarters of a full- court scrimmage to prevent the team from getting rusty NBA PLAYOFFS Warriors'Leetriesto getbackuptospeed GoldenState'sweekoffa ersweepof Pelicans helps backup forward get healthy RAYCHAVEZ—BAYAREANEWSGROUPFILE The Golden State Warriors' David Lee (10) and Stephen Curry (30) high-five each other during a timeout against the Phoenix Suns in the first half of an April 2game at Oracle Arena in Oakland. JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO — BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FILE The Golden State Warriors' David Lee (10) grabs a rebound in front of the New Orleans Pelicans' Jeff Withey (5) in the second quarter of their March 20game at Oracle Arena in Oakland. By Tim Reynolds AP Basketball Writer Atlanta has to know exactly what Brooklyn is feeling right now. And that knowledge might be scary. A year ago, the Hawks were the playoff upstarts, the nothing- to-lose No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs that gave No. 1 Indiana all it wanted in the first round. Atlanta surprised plenty of onlookers by taking that se- ries to seven games before get- ting ousted. Now it's the Nets who are flourishing in the no-pressure role. Brooklyn has Atlanta in trouble, and could put the Hawks — a team that won 19 straight games at one point this season and entered the playoffs with a 60-22 record — on the cusp of elimination if they find a way to win Game 5 on the road Wednes- day night. "To win in the playoffs is a challenge," Nets coach Lionel Hollins said. "And it's not some- thing that's for the faint-hearted and it's not something for peo- ple that don't compete and don't play hard." Atlanta hosting Brooklyn is one of two Game 5's on Wednes- day's schedule. Memphis plays host to Portland in a West first- NBA PLAYOFFS Hawks, Grizzlies both facing pressure Nets giving Atlanta a lot to handle in tied series, while Memphis looks to advance MARY ALTAFFER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez (11) drives to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward Pero Antic during the first half in Game 3of a first-round playoff series Saturday in New York. Staff Reports RED BLUFF The Tom Kinner Memorial Golf Tournament held Saturday, April 25, at the Wilcox Oaks Golf Club raised more than $2,000 to benefit the Tom Kin- ner Memorial High School Schol- arship Fund. The Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department, which held the tour- nament, said the money raised will go toward a scholarship to be awarded to a graduating high school student, or students, in- terested in a career in a fire ser- vice or emergency medical ser- vice field. "For 25 years, Reserve Fire Cap- tain Thomas A. Kinner proudly served the Red Bluff Fire Depart- ment and the community of Red Bluff," according to the Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department. "His contribution, sacrifice, and dedi- cation as a firefighter can never be fully measured." On Jan. 18, 2006, Kinner and his brother, Mike Kinner, were killed in a traffic accident in Or- egon. Teamresults FIRST, WILCOX OAKS Rob Gibbs, Doug Smith, John Trede and Mike Mason. SECOND, TEAM BACHMEYER Frank Bachmeyer, Steve Whalen, Doug Mertz and J.D. Hansen. THIRD,BURNEYFIRE David Rubb, Don Chaix, Soda K. and Tyson Wilson. FOURTH, TEAM WILLIAMS John Wheeler, Dave Schlom, Cheryl Williams and Walt Williams. FIFTH, RED BLUFF CITY FIRE Ray Barber, Al Fullingim, Chris Mar- tin, Morgan Franklin and Ray Bachmeyer. SIXTH, TEAM SPANGLER Debbie Spangler, Maryn Spangler, Gar- rett Spangler and Scott Spangler. Hole sponsors included the WILCOX OAKS Kinner memorial raises more than $2,000 Money to go toward firefighter scholarships By Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press WASHINGTON The National Foot- ball League is giving up its tax-ex- empt status, which Commissioner Roger Goodell called a "distrac- tion." In a letter to team owners, Goodell said that the league office and its management council will file tax returns as taxable entities for the 2015 fiscal year. Goodell said the NFL has been tax-exempt since 1942, though all 32 teams pay taxes on their income. Goodell said the change will not alter the function or opera- tion of the league, since all the teams already pay taxes. "As you know, the effects of the tax-exempt status of the league office have been mischaracter- ized repeatedly in recent years," Goodell said in the letter, dated Tuesday. "The fact is that the busi- ness of the NFL has never been tax exempt." Major League Baseball gave up its 501(c)(6) tax-exempt status in 2007, which eliminates the re- quirement for an annual filing of IRS Form 990, which is the pub- licly available tax return of a tax- exempt organization and requires the listing of compensation for FOOTBALL NFL giving up tax-exempt status as a 'distraction' National Guardsmen took up positions across the city and hundreds of volunteers swept broken glass and other debris from the streets Tuesday, the morning a er riots erupted following a funeral of a man. MARYLAND National Guardsmen deployed in Baltimore FULLSTORYONPAGEB5 Helicopters crisscrossed the mountains above a remote district Tuesday near the epi- center of the weekend earth- quake in Nepal that killed more than 4,600people, ferrying the injured and supplies. NEPAL Choppers ferry injured; 250 missing a er slide FULL STORY ON PAGE B6 Red Bluff High School's track and field team is scheduled to host Foothill at 4p.m. today while the Corning Cardinals are set to visit Lassen at 3:30 p.m. today. TRACK AND FIELD Red Bluff hosts, Corning visits Lassen Mercy High School's so ball team is scheduled to visit Redding Christian at 2:30p.m. today. The Lady Warriors (2-7, 1-2Five Star League) will then visit University Prep at 4p.m. Friday. SOFTBALL Mercy Lady Warriors to visit Redding Christian KINNER PAGE 2 LEE PAGE 2 TIPOFF PAGE 2 NFL PAGE 2 SPORTS » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, April 29, 2015 MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS B1